OK after being bombarded with the continual junk from the relevant link exchange forum and other posts, I type "SEO fraud" into Google. I came up with this obscure site. It's got weird posts like the 2 below:

http://seoblackhat.com/2006/03/23/seo-scam/
http://seoblackhat.com/2005/07/26/ho...y-pr-you-want/

Are these posts for real??? Some parts seem sarcastic but others seem serious - it's one of the strangest sites I've ever found!

(Please note before Adam or someone else starts telling me that blackhat SEO methods are wrong etc. - I know that and I'm not going to use the stuff that this site is saying at all - I just want to know if this is for real!)

I've always found it to be a bit of both. I think the whole point that SEO Blackhat really tries to make is that there's a lot of BS in the industry, and the site tries to out it.

That one about the SEO scam is something that's been around for years.

Hi there

A very interesting post and somewhat disturbing lol, I am not sure if that seo scam is just a joke either, the only problem is somone might well take that on board and do that scam.

Woc

Step 3. Get the word out that you are an SEO. Make business cards and tell everyone you know. Once you have business cards, you are by definition a “Professional SEO.” I don’t have any business cards so I am NOT a professional SEO. Remember, almost all of your business will have to come from your offline hustling – because no one is going to find you online.

If there is anything about [...] building a site that someone might actually want to find, or any legitimate SEO strategies that you don’t understand, just take it out. Don’t worry, odds are the SEO you contacted won’t have mentioned any of these.

Hopefully this guide will be used more to help people avoid being ripped off by an SEO Scam, but of course I know better. As PT Barnum said (or didn’t):
There’s a sucker born every minute.

I enjoyed the post. Although I'm not sure that most seos really are scam artists?

Although I'm not sure that most seos really are scam artists?

Sadly i think they are.

Especially after reading some posts on here that go like;
hi, I have a site (superseoservicesforgoogleandstuff.com), How can i rank well in google? Also, What is keyword stuffing?

st0x, hi, dis is seo.expert.4.u . Plz, wat is Google bowling and how can it be used to help SEO? Let's discuss pro and con.

SEO Blackhat is one of my favorite reads. Quadzilla usually has something interesting to say and is also great a linkbaiting. There's a lot to learn from the site even if you don't consider yourself black hat at all. Quadzilla is also a great writer and so the posts are generally entertaining as well.